The Grand Seduction
Brendan Gleeson teams up with Taylor Kitsch later this summer for new comedy The Grand Seduction: it is a movie that does look like it is going to be a lot of fun.
Gleeson has already shown that he is great in comedy roles with The Guard and in Bruges under his belt, while this is a change of pace for Kitsch.
The movie is based on the French movie La Grande Séduction, and sees Don McKellar in the director's chair.
The brand new UK trailer has been released for the film, and we have it for you to take a look at:
The Grand Seduction is the third feature film of McKellar's career, and his first since Childstar back in 2005.
Gleeson and Kitsch are not the only stars of the film, as Liane Balaban, Gordon Pinsent, and Mark Critch are also on board.
Gleeson is Murray, a once proud fisherman who now, along with his former colleagues in the harbour of Tickle Head are out of work and forced to live off welfare.
Prohibited from fishing enough to make a living and the community spirit having faded a long time ago, the Mayor comes up with a dazzling plan - a giant corporation need a location to build a factory and Tickle Head could be just the right place.
But there’s just one problem - in order to qualify, they must have a doctor in residence. Which they don’t have.
When the Mayor leaves the harbour and takes a job at the airport, he fortuitously stumbles upon Paul Lewis (Taylor Kitsch), an American cricket fanatic and more importantly a doctor, who he convinces to do a one month stint as the local physician.
To encourage Paul to commit to the job for the required 5 years by the Corporation, the townsfolk acquaint themselves with his favourite sport with hilarious consequences, tap his phone to discern his likes/dislikes and do everything in their power to make him feel at home.
What ensues is an all-out seduction with Murray enthusiastically encouraging the elaborate deception that will be his only way back to an honest job and a happier way of life.
The Grand Seduction is released 29th August.
